A 1-story community hospital has the shape of a right triangle with sides measuring 119.62 meters, 110 meters and 47 meters. The owners will construct a new aisle perpendicular to the hypotenuse coming from the right angle. what will be the length of the new aisle?

If you would like to calculate the length of the new aisle, you can do this using the following steps:

the shape of the right triangle:

c = 119.62 meters

b = 110 meters

a = 47 meters

The length of the new aisle perpendicular to the hypotenuse coming from the right angle:

n ... the new aisle

n = a * b / c

n = 47 * 110 / 119.62

n = 43.22 meters

The correct result would be 43.22 meters.